Regulars here will know the amazing providence of God in forging a partnership with an indigenous network of church plants in Haiti under the direction of Odanis Joseph, whom God placed in our church family after the devastating earthquake in 2010. Over the past two...

This past week, I had the privilege of taking a team from Bowling Green, KY to Haiti to partner with a church in Saint-Marc, Haiti (here’s a satellite image of the mountain village where the church gathers). This was my third trip to Haiti in the past 9 months...

This morning, I’m leaving for my third trip to Haiti. In case you’re wondering about how my relationship with Haiti got started, these posts will give you a good idea. I’m particularly excited about this trip for two reasons: 1. This is the first...

For the next ten days, I will be with 8 other men from Grace working in Haiti to train 50 Haitian pastors in a gospel conference and rebuild a church building destroyed in the earthquake. For those of you not aware of the back story, read these blogposts (here, here,...

I have not read Tim Keller’s new book Generous Justice yet, so I’m guessing that he addresses the question of helping the poor in greater detail than in his article, “The Gospel and the Poor.” In any case, I have found his article to be really...

One of the biggest dilemmas right now in places like Haiti is the unintended consequences of crisis relief without long-term vision for indigenous empowerment and cultural revitalization. For example, see Exhibit A from this past week. A book that I have been...